Skein package



- Nov. 18, 1924. I 1,516,137

M. M. BERNSTEIN SKEIN PACKAGE Filed April 4, 1924 I IP I I 1111 1 1 1/11/1111111* I 1 4/ M W W110! -11 111 1111 111, 1111 3:52 M 1- CM BY I ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 13, 1924.

ear seine MAX M. BERNSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T CAMPBELL, METZGER &

- JACOBSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKEIN PACKAGE.

Appilication filed April To all 10710122. it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAX M. BnnNs'rniN, residing at 2078 Arthur Avenue, Bronx, New York city, in the county of Bronx,

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skein Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as' will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to packages for skeins of yarn or thread and more particularly to skeins of silk.

Silk thread or yarn is usually put up in small skeins, and packed in boxes. The retailer, however, frequently sells a single skein at a time and this results in numerous disadvantages since by repeated handling the skeins become soiled and tangled and a considerable amount of material may thus be rendered unsalable. After selling a single skein this skein frequently becomes tangled before the customer uses it, and is also liable to become soiled if the customer handles it much or if it is kept for some time before used.

The present invention overcomes the above disadvantages and furnishes a convenient package, from which skeins may be sold individually or in larger units, as for example dozens, without tangling or soiling the unsold skeins. A further object of the invention is to provide an individual wrapper for each skein which protects it from tangling and soiling both while in stock and after sale. At the same time the package permits a portion of each skein to protrude beyond the wrapper and thus facilitates matching the color of the yarn.

The invention will be more fully described and illustrated by the following description which should be taken in connection with the drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a three-quarter front elevation of the skein package.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of an individual skein and wrapper after removal from the stub.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of Fig. 2 taken at right angles to it.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of part of the skein removed from the wrapper showing the 1924.. Serial No. 704,111.

method of fastening the skein by the gummed label.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through Fig. 1 along the line 5-5.

In the drawing the skeins are shown at 1. 2 is the individual wrapper separated from the stub 3 by the perforations 4-.-- 5 is a label which is looped around the skein and is perforated to form a stub within the wrapper stub. The label'serves to hold the skein in the package and is also fastened to gether between the perforation and the skein so that when an individual skein and wrapper is removed from the unit package the label forms a band surrounding the skein.

The stubs 3 of the Wrapper are fastened together to form a unit package containing, for example, one dozen skeins. An ordinary wire fastening passing through the stubs of the wrappers and the labels is illus trated at 6. This type of fastening is cheap and eflicient but any other suitable type of fastening may be used and is included in the scope of the present invention. The wrappers may be held together by a band 7 The package of the present invention pre-- sents numerous advantages. It is a compact unit which may readily be fitted into boxes and forms a convenient unit for the sale of skeins to customers Whobuy quantities of a dozen or more at a time. The package is equally effective for the distribution of single skeins, since the individual skeins surrounded by their wrappers and label may be separated from the stub lock of the package and are then protected by the individual wrapper and are prevented from tangling by the label which forms a band around the skein and which also identifies the color and make of the silk. The wrappers are preferably made of transparent material. so that the label may be read through them. Other material may, of course, be used but in case an opaque wrapper is used, it is advisable to indicate the color and size of the skein on each of the wrappers. A further advantage of the package of the present invention is that the skein protrudes from the wrappers sufficiently so that the color may be readily matched, which is of considerable importance in the case of embroidery silk.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is described above and illustrated in the drawing but it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact de tails described. For example, I have found that the use of perforated stubs to fasten together the individual wrapper is a very convenient and effective method but it should be understood that any equivalent method of fastening the wrappers together so that a single wrapper may be readily removed can be used. The method of fastening the two sides of the label together may also be varied. I have illustrated the use of gumn'ied labels in the drawings and description and find that this is a very efiective and efficient method of fastening. Any other suitable method of fastening may, however, be

employed. The invention has been particularly described in connection with silk skeins which are unusually liable to soiling and tangling and are therefore particularly adapted for the present invent-ion. However, the improved skein package of the pres ent invent-ion may be employed in connection with any kind of yarn or thread-which is dispensed in skeins.

I claim:

1. A skein package comprising a plurality of skeins, individual wrappers surrounding each skein, each wrapper consisting of a wrapper proper and a stub, perforations separating the wrapper proper and stub, a label forming a loop around one end of each of the skeins and having its stub portion enclosed within the stub portion of the wrapper, perforations separating the label from its stub, means for fastening the stubs of the labels and wrappers together to form unit the wrapper and labels not being fastened to each other except at their stub portions whereby the wrapper is free to slide on the skein after it has been detached from. the unit package.

2. A skein package according to claim 1 in which a distance between the perforations and open ends of the individual open ended wrappers is less than the distance between and the stub, a label forming a loop around one end of the skein and having its stub portion enclosed within the stub portion of the w apper, perforations separating the label from its stub, and means for fastening the stubs of the labels and wrappers together to form a unit.

4:. A skein package according to claim having wrappers with open ends, the wrapper portion below the stub being shorter than the skein, whereby one end of the skein protrudes beyond the wrapper.

5. A skein package comprising a plurality of skeins in transparent individual wrappers surrounding each skein, each wrapper consisting of a wrapper proper and a stub, perforations separating the wrapper proper and stub, a label forming a'loop around one end of each of the skeins and having its stub portion enclosed within the stub portion of the wrapper, perforations separating the label from its stub, means for fastening the stubs of the labels and wrappers together to form a unit, the wrapper and labels not being fastened to each other except at their stub portions whereby the wrapper is free to slide on the skein after it has been detached from the unit package.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MAX M. BEENSTEIN. 

